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The Magnificent Ambersons

CHAPTER XV
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I suppose you know that all these young faces have got to get lines on 'em ?" "Maybe they won't," she said, smiling wistfully.

"Maybe times will change, and nobody will have to wear lines." "Times have changed like that for only one person that I know," Eugene said.

And as Isabel looked inquiring, he laughed, and she saw that she was the "only one person." His implication was justified, moreover, and she knew it.

She blushed charmingly.
"Which is it puts the lines on the faces ?" Amberson asked.

"Is it age or trouble?
Of course we can't decide that wisdom does it--we must be polite to Isabel." "I'll tell you what puts the lines there," Eugene said.


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